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I TBE WHITE SATIX GUIMPH.I
I TBE WHITE SATIX GUIMPH. Several of the big French dressmakers ar< showing hig'h-neckcd guimpes or soft, whit< satin for wear with their new coat-frockt and one-piece qcwzis. Some of thppe art piatn, whilst others arc v<'ry finely tucked,. but nc&r!y all are ornamented down th< middle of the. front by a e!ose row of tiny buttons, which in some case., sre pearl and in others cut steeL P&per patterns can be supplied, priM 6l When ordering, ple&sc quote numL'M, en. close remittance, and addroos to Mise Liaie, 8, La Belle Sauvagc, London, E.C.
PRISONERS TAKEN IN SUCCESSFUL…
PRISONERS TAKEN IN SUCCESSFUL DAYLIGHT RAID. CUR AIRMEN BUSY. I T!le reports S:1' Douglas Hadg' have been ï.mcu by tf.<) I'r\. Bureau: Saturday, 10.5 a.m. During the ni4-t a party of Liverpool troops successfully l""id<.d the enemy' trenches south-east of Armentieres an<3 A raid attempted by t.ii« €Ti€'my north of P,L(;hclld:lde was re- pulsed. Saturday, 9.18 p.m. West Riding' trocps carried out a sucoesa- ful daylight raid this doming bouth-east of Monchy-ic-Preox, and capttircd a few pn- aon'ers. Early this m-orriiag the enemy raided one of cur potsts north.eatit of PoclcappdIe. Two of our men are mining'. Auother foetile raiding party, which attacked a post in the neighbourhood of the Ypre.Stad<o. railway, was driven off. Sevcra) pri'-oncrs have been captured by us during the day on this front 61100. Hostile artillery ha-s been 6lightly more active south-eaet of Epehy, i:i the neighbour- hood of Gavrctlc. and in the Ypres sector. Sunday, 9.30 a.m. In addition to the raid reported In !a.it night's coTnmunique, a t-ccond raid attempted by the enemy yesterday morning in the Pcelcappelle sector wa& reputed by ma<b.ine- gun nre. DuTinsr the night patr.)1 or.or-tteT-, took place to our advantage in the neig'fbourhood of Mericourt (soufh of 'Lens). HoetUe artH. 1er? has shown some activity in the neigh- bourhocd of La Vaequerie and f-outh off Lens BOMBS OX RAILWAY. I Sunday. 9.25. p.m. A hostile raiding party was driven off with loss earlv last night by one of our pot. ea,st of Polygon Wood. Wo had no ca.o.;ual- ties. Hostile artillery has been active to-day south-east of Epehy, in the neighbourhood of the Arri6-Cambrai road, south of Armen- tieres, and in the Yprcs s-ector. On the Snd inst. the weather waa nuc, though with some mist and haze. Scvcra.1 aucc,essful recormaitM.anccs were carried out by our a.eroplanes, aud many hostile bat- teries were pG'ectively engaged by our srti!- lor T, with obaerva.tion from the air. Nearlv four tons of bomh. were dropped br us during t3ie day on various targets, in- cfuding the railwav station and sidings at Valenciennes. Several thousand rounds were Sred at partiee of the enemy in their trenches and in back areas. Five hostile machines were brought down In air fighting, and five others were driven down out of control. One of our aeroplanes ia missing. On the night of the 2nd-3rd mat. the enemy's aerodromee and billets were bombed by our macbine". Monday, 9.53 a.m. Early iaat night a party of our troops raided the enemy's trenches east of Hargi. eourt. There has be-en some hostile artillery ac- tivity during the night in the neighbour- hood* of Lena and north-east of GavreHc. TEN ENEMY PLANES DOWN. ) Monday, 8.58 p.m. On the 3rd inst. the weather wa.s one, but with considerable ground mkt. Rcconnai1.ncœ were carried out by our aeroplanes. and many hostile batteries were engaged by cur artillery with observation from the air. dearly i'our and a half teas of bombs were dropped during the day on various tar- gets, including the railway signals at Melle, Ingelmunfter, and Lichterve'de. At night no -Dperati4ong were possible owing to the mi-st. In air fg-hting nve hostile machines were brought down. and five were driven down oT!t of control, One of our aeroplanes is missing. A strong- party of the enemy attempted to ra.id one of our thM morning nortS' of Havrincourt. but wa, met by machine-gun nre and drivsn oil with heavy to&s. I:> Shortly before dawn another hostile raid- ing party rushed one of cur posts south of Five of our men are miasing. Hostile artillery 1-,ae, active this afternoon .cast of Ilargiccurt, and has al-o ahown f,omewh:)t increased activity during the day north of Lens, in the neighbourhood of Ar- BMtitieres and eaat of Yprea.
BOARDINC STEAMER SUNK.I
BOARDINC STEAMER SUNK. I TORPEDOED IN MEDITERRANEAN: I 224 LJVES LOST. Admirc-tty. Saturday. H.M. arched boarding steamer Louvain (Lieut.-Commander M. U. Ea.ton, R.R.) was K-rpedoed end sunk by a German sub- marine in the Eastern Mcditcrrar:eaa on January 21, Se-ven cfRccrs and 217 men 'were- loet.. The ncxt-of-kin have been informed, ex- cept in the ea900 of a few navat pa.aseng-el'R, whoq,e next-of-kin will be not'ned immedt- abe!v the necessary information is received.
LONDON AIR RAID CASUALTIES.I
LONDON AIR RAID CASUALTIES. I It is announce bv the Pre$ Bureau that -police reports ahnw that the total casualties eo far ascertained as having- b;>en caused by the air raid of the ni?ht of January in all the districts visited by hootitc aer<-<- plajiec are as follows:— K i I Z.Cd [,8 Injui&d 173 ) Of the above c:!sualtic", thirty per.-ons '<v€ro kiHed and ninety-one injured in a c,ingle building iised as an air-raid shelter. The work of removing the debris in this building has b<?<'n greatly impeded by the dang-erolls .state of the strl1eti:re, and it L, poasible that a few more bodies may yet be discovered. The poHce have information of four persons in tne district who mMsiag Hnce the raid took p!nce. a,id v.hcse bodies have not yet been found. The tola! caeua-tties cau<-cd by ihe ,-a:d of ¡ JaJluary 29-30. amount to:- EiH?d T? 1 Injured 10 )
PRISON FOR WESLEYAN MINISTER.…
PRISON FOR WESLEYAN MINISTER. I At Castfeton Police-court en Saturday, PJr. (j'corg'c Tin?lcy Peet. superintendent t.uni'-tcr cf Peel %V e I I e n Circuit, wa.s ar,(- v th eu!cu!nt<;d ri c e ree: It wa'- r:>bt.M in eviocnec that in the < -urse of &Q address in Castleton Church, < 'fecdant said he would rather g'o to hctt 11 a conscientious objector thau go to HcaTen with drunken, siveari,ig 6coundre! who happened to die for their C0untry in Flinders, snd that he prayed "G<xl wcuid Co on ending' our lads to ban? on biti. o. Y)art?d w?c t?Ki go on ginkui? on" ?hips until He had knocked some sense into our emful hearts." When defendant was sei-.te!c-ed to three months' imprisonment there was applause in court. Notice of appe-,ii was z;ven. ————— —————
. DESTROYED TELEGRAMS. {
DESTROYED TELEGRAMS. { Three tekgraph boys who destroyed mes- sageë to avo.d watkin-  ?" d i -,t 'nce-? to deliver them appeared before the Notting- ham magistrates on Saturday. One bov ad- mitted that he kept a telegram and threw it on the lire when he got home, a-nd the others admitted that they had torn up messages. More than seventy teleirranM. some from the Front, it waa stated, had been destroyed recently. The two cider boys Y.'oe hned cafh. snd the youug'est was ordezvd six ctrok<3 of the birob.
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Mr. '\Vi!Iiam Thomas Wood, of Crol<cn. hiH, Kent, farnMT and fruit grower., left property valued at 1106,760. The Post-master-Geuerm.. has decided that there is to be no general suspension of the deJjTery of tetters on Sundays.
- - - - -I JERUSALEM ADVANCE.I…
I JERUSALEM ADVANCE. I LI? 1) V H \.¡ ¡. BRIHSH RAID VILLAGE CF MUKHMAS. \¡:r Oince, Sunday. Pa.Jestin.-During the night of January 30 our line was advanced slightly in the vicinity of Arnutiehj 12 miles north of Jeru- salem. Chi the morning of Januajy 31 a recon-. noitring' detachment pcnctr.ited t.hc villige of Mukhma.?, eight milca iiorth-nortli-en.Et of Jeriisi- lem, repulsed enemy counter- attacks and withdrew during the following nig-ht, ha.ving accomplished its object. During the night of February 2 enemy natrols were active between Aruutieh and Sheikh Abdulla., one mile eaat of Arnutieh. Attempts to penetrate our lines at these points were repulsed. During the month of January twe!ve enemy aeroplanes were. destroyed in aena.! combats.
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THE WESTERN FRONT. .—— -0 —— CERMANS 350,000 STRONGER THAN LAST YEAR. Mr. G. H. Perns, the "Daily Telegraph' corespondent with the French Armies, saye he is able to states that the number of Ger man divisions on the Western Front is now between 180 and 190, and that of these, lie are in line and from 65 to 75 in reserve Thetõe (continues Mr. Perris) are figures oi ;;at importance. The fact that such statis- tics are often misused and always need scrupulous handling, doee not in the least invalidate what are, in fact, the necessa-r y basea of all th-a calculationo and plans of all the High Commands. In themselves these figuies may be accepted as accurate, and if tney do not bear out certain recently pub- lished estimate&, so mach the wcr&e tor the latter. The accession of German strength in the West, due mainly to the dov.'niaM of Russia's military power, and now, in a small measure also, to the return of trcope from the Italian Front, must be neither understated nor gxaggerated. Never WM there greater need if exact knowledge and cool consideration. -:b-"olut1e exactitude, even ae to the present Hdtuatioa, 19, indeed, hardly to be expected, and there are many doubtful elements in the <var map of the early future. If speculation cannot be altogether avoided, at least we can severely limit it. Evidently there are divi- -iionG and divisions. It would certainly be fallacious to compare German units with British, French, or American units Mrrying the same name. With the develop- ment of new methods of attack and defence in the warfare of positions, it has been found useful to reduce the old-time divisiona.1 establishment, but the reduction has been much larger on the German side than among the Allies. During the last year the numerical atrength of the German division fell con- siderably. As I tdiov.ed a month ago, how- ever, the transfer of troops from Russia during the late summer and autumn waa used in large part not to provide complete di visions for the West, but to bring worn units up to the level of strength which had been previously declared to be a neceasa-ry last year this minimum. In the spring of last year thia ucccssai'v level amounted to about 7,500 in- fantry (three regiments of three battalions of io:tr companies), 2,000 gunners (nine to twelve batteries), and picnecM. machine- gunners, cavalry, and service's, bringing the division up to a total of rather more than t.0,000 combatants. Approximately v.-e may say that there are "? oow oeioro the French, British, Belgian, and American forces in the West from t-hirty-nve to .fcrty divisions more than there were be- rrirc the French, British, and Belgians at the beginning of active operations last year, ten 3f these added divisions being already in ¡in<>" and twenty-hve or thirty being in re- .rH scattered nearly equally among the cuemv rear. The outlook certainly demands every pre- ca,z.,t,,c,narv measure. In particular, it :ug- a- close study of the defensive methods v.hieh the enemy haa him-e!f succesively during- last, year's campaign. For a rih{".rt ;pell, lrhapt': the tv.o roic. may be re- versed. and .<nuch may dc,-Iwnkl <)n how well t v resume the offensive if they at- tempt to do ao, and how well we resume' the defensive if we must, turn- ing buck when the moment of the enemy's exhaustion comes. There may l)e surprises in ¡;t<¡n'. but there can be no such strain as England had to bear in the nrst defence of Yp?-s. cr France in the great defence of Yerdun. When I recall that before Verdun a:one twpntv-fonr German divisions were used up in relatively small attacks in two months of !n't autumu, and that the summer ofÚ>n."í,e of 1D1G cost the enemy seventy-six divisions, it will be seen that the figures of the present reK"'ves are not calculated to frighten the Allies
PENAL SERVITUDE FOR COUNT.I
PENAL SERVITUDE FOR COUNT. I At the Old Bailey on Monday. Count Mau- rice dc Bodari, sixty, art expert, pleaded guiltv to forging two bill" of exchange for .Cll,500, ind was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. The ou'cnoe was committed over nfteen Tears ago, and the prosecution t?aid that the warrant was on the nie for fourteen years, but Boodari's arrest was only enected re- ccutlv. when he was discovered Hving at Een-ing'ton. In May. 1902. Bosdari sold to Mr. ricrpont Morgan a small statue for k5,000, and en- dov.vo-,tred to get Mr. Morgan to pay cash, hut he wad given a cheque for £4,000, which W,I:- cached the same day. The signature on the cheque wao the only stature of Mr. Morgan that Bosdari ever had, and it doubtless supplied the model for forgeries on the bi)li-of exchange.
GERMAN STORY OF WARSHIP.
GERMAN STORY OF WARSHIP. Admiralty. The German \\Ïrele, of February 4, quoting the "Frankfurter Zeitung," states tint rev.p has reached The Hague from n ucutral source to the c3t-ct that ou Dceem. ber ? a large EagtMh warship, Hccompamcd hv torpedo-boat ran nn a mine ad sank in the Firth of Forth. There is no truth ia this statement, nor has there occurred any incident on which a rumour to the above cG'ect could be based.
KNOCKED DOWN BY 'BUS. I
KNOCKED DOWN BY 'BUS. I In the Kiner's Bench Division, 0.1 -NJOP.(t:lv, Mr. Arthur F<)stcr, of independent means. OTtd an ex-Foreign OfHcc official, recovered £100 damages from the London Genera.! Omnibus Company, Limited, for injuries sustained on October !?, 191(i. PIaintiS waii crossincr from a ycfllgc in Park4anc to the pavement a-t Stanhope-gate when he was knocked down and b:tdiy bruised, and was incapacitated from private bu.-inpf-a for some wcekt)
CONCESSION TO DISCHARGED MEN.…
CONCESSION TO DISCHARGED MEN. rhe Ministry of Xatirma] Service an- nounces that no men who have served in the armed forces, and have been discharged on account of disablement or iU-beaUb, will be caUed upon to report either for service or medtca! examination. Any outstanding lioticea t<' eucQ. men arc to be suspended. It is understood, of course, that they will cn?n?e in some work of national importance. Fù.ther details will be published.
EXCEEDED TEA PRICES.I
EXCEEDED TEA PRICES. For aeHing- tea at more than the maxi- mum pri-e. Israel Rehard, of 42a, Dcnn- strpet St. George's, was at Thames-street or c, w(,cks' im- Polic,e -court fined £:25, or im- priseBinent.
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During 1917 there from coat-mine accidents in the Briti-sh ls!cs. A wciaaa who walked into the Thames at Richmond in the fCri v.as rescued by a soldier from hospitaL Slinfotd TiUage rat and sparrow club, Susaex, has accounted for 89,462 head of ver. min and 17A7 eparrows' eg,,Ys in ten y€ar&
DRESS OF THE DAY.I
DRESS OF THE DAY. I A CHARM7NG AFTERNOON FR&CK. The patriotic women will economise l-hii Reason, a.9 far as &hc po&sibly can., i dress materials, as, owing to the shortage of both woollen and cotton materials, every yard of material saved is a gain to the country. Before ordering anything new for the com- ing spring, existing wardrobes should b< carefully overhauled and every garment that can possibly be made to do duty fot another season should be used. In many casea garments will be found to be ehabbj in places, hopelessly out of date, or. per. haps, the surface is rubbed into a painfully shiny condition. In all these cases the gar- ment should be unpicked very carefully, thoroughly brushed and sponged (or, H necessary, sent to the cleancra), and used ai pa.rt of the material of a new gown. I have seen several of these renovated gowns dur- ing this last week, and should never have suspected that they were anything but new crea-tiona had not their owners proud]y told me of their origin. Our artist has sketched the mceat of a.H these renovations for us, a simple style that could be copied very easily by anyone with a small knowledge of dresa- t [Refer to X Q.59.1 I tuaJkmg. This gown started life as a plain, uavy aerge dress, but had become very shabby under the arms, about the elbows, and round the hem. The dress having been unpicked, the worn parts cut away, the material turned, and the whole carefully sponged with very weak ammonia, and water and w<-Jl pressed, it wa& made up in the styjo shown in our sketch. This dress con- sists of a tunic of the navy sprg-e (which, by the way. was very fine and soft), and an under-dress of very soft black Liberty satin. This under-dress is really only a panel at each side and a broad piece at the bottom, set on to a lining' of thin sateen, and thus does not take very much material. The serge over-dress forms a plain tunic panel back and front, which below the waist widena out at each side until the front meets the 'back just about the level of the knees. Below this point the edges are cut away slightly art each eddc. A strap of the f;ürge connects the front and back panels just on the level of the hipa. The folded g'!rd!e. too, is of the <aer?e. The neck is cut out in a. smaH, rounded opening, from which a collar of pale ecru crepe de Chin<' turns back. A cross veet of similar crepe fills the opening. I A CHILD'S SMOCE. Our aketch shows a method to hide up the I &!i:bby portions of a child's frock. Make Ia smock overaU of dark csscment cloth, aa I [D -f t I [Refer t.. Lj,).j shown in the sketch, yo:: hcvcry thing' Linen, of cotil- *'o?' suc;< smocks, butun!essy icngth of IIaen lying by you it i'0 rathoi- exper- sivc, and casement c.to*i qutt.<- goo¿ fee the purpos.e. Work a l.'¡d ¿6jgIl ou coUaj, cuffs, and, if you cait time, a around the hem. -for instance on da.rk blue casement ck'th, 'or'k chartn- ing. and a child wearing n garnH'lIt of thu kind looks wet! a!thorg'h the littl- sinock coats only a few shiUina's.
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There will not be any difficult\ the Honle Secretary states in the Parliamentary answer to Mr. Outhwaitc. in enforcing- th:' regiilati6n -dealinir with the censorship o? le,iflet,q. and he has no intnutiou of dvísinf its withdr&wa!. Pestonji Taraporc. who was charged wif' beg-going; and c!aiTt:<-d to b? nephew of a" ex-Premier of an lodiaji Stite, and to hav' held the position of a district magistrate h India, was discharged by the Bow..stree magistrate, a.fber witncseea had giren CYi deabe of character.
SUNK IN DARDANELLES IN ATTACK1…
SUNK IN DARDANELLES IN ATTACK ON THE GOEBEN. On Monday night the Secretary of the Admiralty issued the following: His Majesty's submarine EM, Lieu- tenant-Commander Geoffrey S. White, R.N., proceeded to the Dardanelles ou the night of January 27 with instructions to complete the destruction of the Gocben. Our air- craft, which were also sent to co-operate with E14, reported considerable anti-sub- marine activity in the Straits An official Turkish wireless report has been received stating that E14 has been sunk off Kum Kale (the south point of the entrance to the Dardanelles), and that there were s,-vcn men saved; no names arc given. The Turkish report goes on to state that "Submarine ESS had her periscope shot off, and after further hits oil was observed, so that this boat may almost with certainty be regarded as having been destroyed." The British Commandcr-iii-Chief, Medi- terranean, reports that all the other sub- marines employed in that area have re- turned to their bases, and that cn!y E14 is missing. The latter part of the Turkish statement is therefore incorrect. The Turkish omcial statement, dated January 30. also says: An English sea-plane -was forced by machine-gun fire to land at Nagara. Its crew were taken prisoners. The machine has been salved In undamaged condition.
NAVAL AIRMEN S RAID.
NAVAL AIRMEN S RAID. L Admiralty, Monday. 0.. February 3 naval aircraft carried out a I-Einbing raid on the enemy aerodrome at ve. Many bombs were dropped on live. hIring the day, in the of aerial SghUng, one enemy aircraft W.tR destroyed and two driven down out of conrroL Two of our machinea have failed to re- turn.
THE WATERFORD BABY.
THE WATERFORD BABY. GARDENER'S CLAIM TO PEERAGE DISMISSED. In the Probate Court, G<org'e TOO.1, a working gardener, failed hi his claim to the Waterford Peerage. He clairricd tliat he is the son of the nfth Marquis of Waterford by his wife, Florence Grosvenor, the divorced wife of the Hon. John Vivian, who were married in 1872. In dismissing Tooth's appeal with costs Mr. Justice Coleridge said:—It ie conclu- sively proved that Lady Waterford had a still-born child on March 29, 1873, and that t-be and her little one are sleeping together at Curraghmore. It is also proved that the claimant is the son of Georgma Tooth, born im Holborn Workhouse on January 25, 1872, and has never had any connection, legiti- mate or illegitimate, with any member of the Watcrford family. BURIED TOGETHER. Mr. Justice Coleridge said he had to de- cide whether the petitioner was the child undoubtedly born to Ladv Watcrford ou March 29, 1873, or the chHd of Gcorgina. Tooth, born in the workhouse on January 25, 1872. There was dear evidence of the doctors certificate that Lady Waterford was delivered of a stillborn child on March 29, 1873, and other people had certified to the event. Three days after the burial of the child, said the jud, Lady Waterford died, and it was decided that she was to be buried at Curraghmore, and the child with ita mother. The cxhuma/tion, the making of the new conin, and the burial of the two at Curragb- 'nore had beea proved. "Yet I am asked to say iT! face of aH t h('¡;¡e facts," said his lordship, *'tha't the child was i wra alive and surviYed. that it was ¡nuggled out ef the house 'without the knowledge of the eerva-nts. and that Rome dead child was smuggled in. I should bo credulous indeed if I were to adopt RO in- credible a stoty. GARDENER'S HISTORY. Tu=.aing to the history of Get)i-ge Tooth, Ms lordship said that it was proved that Georgina T<x)th. had a boy in the workhouse, who was named John by the guardians. The death of Georgina Tooth and the survival of this derelict infant wkie brought to the Icilowled,e of Mrs. Vivian (afterwards Lady Waterford), who, <mt of compassion alone, determined to provide for the child. The child was afterwards known as George Tooth, and it. was proved incontcstablv that tTie child uaed to be taken to Upper Brook- st;roeet (,here Mrs. Vivian lived). It couM not be de-nied that the cllild de- Livered over to Mrs. Duncan was the chimunt, and it stood to reason th:t he could not be the -child of Lord and Lady Waterford born in March, 1873. "I do not want to judge the petitioner haMh!v," said the judge. "He may have bought at one time that there was some- tling in his <Iaim, as it is a story that lend*! itself to romance, but long before this suit he had placed before him materials conclu svelv proving the falsity of the claim. AH I cnn <-av of him is that he is a man who bns proved himself incapable of the feeling o' gratitude."
IPROFITABLE SEMI TROPICAL…
PROFITABLE SEMI TROPICAL PRODUCE i The activity in the shares of the Harmony Iroprietaryisdue to the steps that arc h'ing taken to start operations at once by 5lb¡.;idÙu'y companiee on the estate, which emprises 320 square miles, accessible to a Jaiiway. The possibilities from a produce aid mining' point of view are great, and lOUld bring big pronts to both Harmony iroprictary and its eubaidiari€&. Large pronts can be earned from the &tllll-trol)lcal produce such as cotton, soya inatLs, ground nuts, sizcl-hemp, etc., and a-: regards the mining possibilities the re- port °of Mr. T. Bruc< Marriott (Nortor Criffiths Bruce Marriott and Company; f)l"c"hadows the possibilities. Now that t.-e prcperty is to be taken in hand seri- oisly it would not surprise us if this fihan v('c o go over .£L
I NATIONS DAY OF PRAYER. I
I NATIONS DAY OF PRAYER. I The King has written to the Archbishop Canterbury expressing- his thanks for the whoie-hcarted spirit in which the people observed the day of prayer on January 6. In repty the Archbishop ii.- 'tes:- ''The uiiiversa! observance of the day, and the eagerness with which the attended, not in churches and chapel only, but in many other buiidinga in our g-reat towns, oug'ht to quicken everywhere the spirit of prayer, and to add new im- petus to the constant and persevering inter- cessions, thanksgivings and resoh'es io* which the war gives daily cccasiou to us t.n."
I GIRLS' PATRIOTIC PLEDGE.…
I GIRLS' PATRIOTIC PLEDGE. f fhe Minister of Munitions. in reply to a resolution of 4.000 g-ir! munition workers in Renfrewshire, "pledging' themeelvc.s to do all m their power to support the Government in carrying' on this war until the l'ountrv can have peace with honour." expresses hia appreciation of their patriotism.
iFIXED PRICE FOR RICE.I
FIXED PRICE FOR RICE. I The Food Controller has fixed a maximum retail price of 4d. per pound for ric< ground rice, rice Hour, flah'<1 rice, and m;y .<.hnHar rice product. Certain schcdu]ed quaHtios of rice have a maximum 1-ct.ait price of 6d. per pound.
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Some boyg picked up a live bomb s.t the Tuiiitary grounds of MuUiug-ar. 0:1 bc,il)f; thrown on the gf,)iind t.hc bcmb <'xp[(,dcd, 'wounding eighty three sustaining serious in- juries. For the second year in succession it hna been decided not to hold Crufts' Dog Show. £.5,000 of damage was done by fire at the Cardigan MercantiJe Company's prejnises,
ILARGE STOCKS IN COUNTRY RESIDENCE.
I LARGE STOCKS IN COUNTRY RESIDENCE. At the Oxted Police-court, on Monday, Mr. W. J. MacGeagh ]Ma.cCaw, M.P. for West Down, was lined £400, with thirty- nvc guineas costs, for hoarding food. There were eight summonses, and these related to flour, biscuits, sago, tea, rice, tapioca, oatmeal, &cmolina, golden syrup and honey. A summons against Mrs. MacCaw wu.s withdrawu. Opening the case for the prosecution, Mr. Rowlaud Oliver said he wa.s not going to cent-end that a man in defendant's position, living' in a country house and with bad rail- way facilities, should get his food supplies d;Üly or stand in a queue, but he did con- tend that he was only allowed to purchase food which was reasonably required for his household. Complaints were made Ic<Hy as to the amount of food that was being- delivered at Rook's Nest, and on January 5 an inspec- tion was made. The omeers found the following stores: 24Ib. tapioca. 531b. tea. 1541b.rice. 435!b. Sour. 59ib. oatmeal. 10}!b, Hugar. 53Hb. M-mo!ina. 341b. golden syrup. 10D]b. hiscuits. :21 ;lb. houey. Am inspector of the Ministry of Food stated that he saw defendant on January 5 and told him that it had been reported that. large quantities of food had been delivered at Rook's Nest and that there was a strong local feeling. Witness then detailed the articles he found, and said that on January 8 he visited defendant's London residence, 103, Eaton- i-quara. There he found: 121b. a tea. 47lb. of flour. IOG!b. of rice. 28ilb. of sago. li)lb. of tapioca.. 151b. of biscuit?. 57}lb. of oatmeal. IGIb. of golden syrup. In the witness-box, defendant said that in June last there was a meeting of members of Parliament, attended by Lord Devon- port, who was questioned as to the position of large residences in the country. Lord Devonport said that large country rcsidencea were justified in keeping a reason- able stock in reserve. I GOODS CONFISCATED. Witness had reduced his usual stock. He had not the faintest idea how large the stocks of flour were. Arrangements had been made to bake bread at home. Ho accounted for the sugM' found on his premises by the fact that it was intended for jam making next year. His family consiste d of himself and wife and his two daughters. He had a staff of nfteen. The Bench acquitted the defendant on the summons in regard to golden syrup. With regard to all the other summonses they con- victed. A.n order was made for the confiscation of the goods in question, the inspector to leave a sumcient supply of each article for the ordinary use of the household.
I.DRIVEN TO KILL.
I DRIVEN TO KILL. I SOLDIER BOUND OVER FOR SHOOTING WIFE. At the Old Bailey Henry Stephen Can- ham (twenty-one). Machine Gun Corps, w:M bound over by Mr. Justice Atkin on a charge of the manslaughter of his wife. The Crown withdrew a charge of wilful murder, and offered no evidence in the reduced charge. Lieut. J. Cumey, M.C., g'nve him a splen- did testimonia.L He s&id: Canha.m is all that a Britiah soldier can be. As my Hcr- vant he was honest Mid most faithful. When I waa wounded he was :ù3 good as a brother to me." Canham had come home on leave after hem'ing' that his wife had been unfaithful:— About two hours before I w;:s to go over the top for the nrst time I heard that my wife had deserted our litUe boy. When I came back, after taking our objective, an officer told me that my wiie'R conduct had reached the ears of the police. When I sa.w her I said I would forgave her if she looked after the dear baby. After her confession my mind went back to the battlefields of France. My revolver wa.s on the bed tempting me-, and the woman I !cvcd was resting on my arm. I said "GIadya, I have always loved you." There was a moan. The shot had been nred. My wife wa s d.ad. and I went to my mother and said: "Mother, I have done it." "Never before in the annals of a criminci court has a more pathetic and a 'more tragic story of abort domestic !ifc beeu unfolded," said the judge. "It is obvious that while you were away doing your duty to your country she neg- lected your child, your home, was grossly unfaithful to you and wrote you insulting loiters, and yet with aH that you were wiUing- to take her back and disposed to for- give her. "It does not eurpri&e me that in the bitterness of your disappointment at the de- parted hopea of a happy life, on the impulse of the moment you took this woman's life." Canham has had nearly two years' Rervlcc in France. He was with Licut. Cunipy when the oSiccr won the Military Cross at t Cambra.i.
I -PIGEON KEEPER'S EXEMPTION.I
I PIGEON KEEPER'S EXEMPTION. At East Ha.ui Police-court, '\VUUam Ed- ward West, house decorator, Manor Park, was lined X5 for making a false statement, with a view to preventing or postponing cnHing-up notioe for military service. Tile National Service representative said that in May, 1D16, Weat became a volunteer in the Homer Forces Pig-con Service. It was hi3 duty to keep his birds, which he kept as a hobby. In condition, and he was granted a certincate of exemption. In February, 1917, he wa<? not givmg satisfaction to the authorities. His lofts were visited on s<e- ra) oeca.sions. the birds were found in bad condition a,nd the lofts dirty. On February 3, 1917, his certificate of exemption de- finitely withdrawn, but he had represented that it waastiH In force.
NURSE ASPHYXIATED. )
NURSE ASPHYXIATED. ) At an inquest held ou the body of fred Down, twenty-live, a probattoier nurse ;)t the Boyz.! Free Hosptta], Londcn, n v<r- dict of ''Death by misadventure" was re- turned. Nurse Down was r<:movi11g' a. bottle cf chloroform from the operating tite'itre to the a-nfosthetic cupboard m t',Ilal of her duties. She was found dead )e;.ni'iy over a aink, in which was the bottle Witl- out the Hd on. Dr. SpHsbury Baid that death was due t. status lympbaticus. aceclcrate-d by the in- halation of the chloroform. It was prob- able that she came over faint whilst enrry- ingthebottie.
FOOD HOARD CONFISCATED. I
FOOD HOARD CONFISCATED. I The Executive Career of the h:111J Food Control CommittM, act ng Hnder ;i s}x'cia.t ord<;r of the Mi' try of Food. visited ShortIlndB ITou-,e. :J¡o:.tLmd. BrotM- Icy, th<' residence of Mr. Kjahrr, :U]d com- mnndccred the whole of the gcxl":l: in of which Mrs. Ktabcr was r<'c<-utly convicted of hoarding. TlYe goods, upon a ton, wa-v in a and arc to be so!d )ocaHy to tr.ldesmcll.
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A 14!b. pi:e has been taken at ('rm2b:y Broad, Norfolk. Telephone operators, states Mr. Houston, M.P., are complai'mnsr that their superiors send them out to in food queues. East Riding farmers passed a resolution at DriiHcld. Yorkshire, caning- upon maatcia of hounds to reduce the number of foxes. The Federated MaI9.y' States' have given E25,000 aBd the Strait Settlements EIO.000 for the relief of eoSerere in the Halifax calamity..
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_i.o.t.c. I THE !MMEB!ATE TASK. VIGOROUS PROSECUTION OF THE WAR. I ALUES REPLY TO GERMANY. The Press Bureau has Issued the follow- tng official statement concerning the Inter- Allied War Conference, which, terminated at Versailles on Saturday — The meeting of the third session of the SnI'H:rae War held at Versailleft on January 30 and 31 and February 1 and 2. In addition to the members of th& Supreme War Council itself, viz. :— M. Clemenceau and M. Pichon, for Framce,. Mr. Lloyd George and Lord Milncr, for Great Britain; Signer Orlaudo and Barom Sonnino, for Italy and the military repre- sentatives of the Supreme War Council, General Weygand, General Sir H. H. Wi!- son, General Cadorna, and General Blias: there were also present for the greater part of the purely military discussions the French and British Chiefs of the General Stan, General Foch. and General Sir W. Robertson, the Italian Minister of War,. General AIneri, and the Commanders-in- Chief on the Western Front, General Retain.. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Raig, ajld General Pershing. Mr. A. H. Frazier, First Secretary of the United States Embass y in Paris, was present during the political di&- curious. The Supreme War Council gave the most. careful consideration to the recent utter- ance3 of the German Chancellor and of the A llgf;o-H ungarian Minister for Foreig-n Affairs, but was unable to find in them any real approximation to the moderate condi- tions laid down by all the Allied Govern- ments. Thia conviction was only deepened by the impression made by the contrast be- tween the profe8-X'd idealistic aims with which the Central Powers entered upon the present negotiations at Brest-Litovsk. and their now openly disclo6ed plans ol conquest and spoliation. Under the circumstances the Supreme War Council decided that the only immediate task before them lay in the prosecution,. with the utmost vigour and in the c.'oaest and most enective co-operation, of the mili- tary effort of the AIlieo, untiF such time as the pressure of that effort hall have brought about m the enemy Governments and peoples a change of temper which would justify the hopo of the conclusion of peace on terms which would not involve the aban- donment, in face of an aggressive and un- repentant militarism, of all the principles of freedom, justice and the respect for the law of nations which the Allies are resolved to vindicate. The decisions taken by the Supreme War- Council, in pursuance of this conclusMn, embraced not only the general military policy to be carried out by the Allies in all the principal theatres of war, but more par- ticularly the closer and more effective co- ordination under the Council of all the ¿>ffort cf the Powers engaged in the struggle against the Central Empires. The functions of the Council itself were enlarged, and the principles of unity of policy and action initiated at Rapallo in November Ia.st received still further concrete and practical development. On all theae question? a complete agree- ment was arrived at after the fullest dis" cussion with regard both to the policy to b<; pursued and to the measures for it& execution. The AHies are united in heart Mid wiU,. not by any hidden designs, but by their open resolve lto defend civilisation against an unscrupulous and bruta! attempt at domination. This unanimity, connrmcd by a unanimity no Icsa complete, both as re- gards the military policy to be pursued and as regards the measures needed for its execution, will enable them to mt the violence of the cnemv n onset with firm and quiet con6denc< with the utmost energy, L.nd with the knowledge that neither their strength nor their steadfastness can be shaken. The splendid soldiers of our iree de- mocracies have 'won their place in history by their immeasurable valour. Their mag- nificent heroism and the no leoa noblo en- durance with which our are bearing their daily burden of trial and suffering testify to the sirength of those principles of freedom which will crown the- military .success of the Allies with the glory of a great moral triumph.
I EAST AFR!CAN PROGRESS.
I EAST AFR!CAN PROGRESS. I IMPORTANT POSITIONS OCCUPIED BY ALLIES. War Omcc, Sunday. East Africa.—On January 21 the Cape coloured troopa occupied Mwcmba unop- I-K%,ed, ;md with a Portuguese force followed the enemy detachment in this area towards Mtarika. On January 24 our column from Port Amelia. '*ized the cuemy post at Pamuni Hi)!, forty-hve mile.; inland, capturing thirty tons of food suppHes. On January 28 a detachment from thjs column occupied Ankwa.bc. an important viJ- lage north of the -Nl%vLgidi River, and thirty- cight mites inland, On January 26th our column from, Southern yasaland encountered a gtrong- encmv detachment in position on the Luku- lezi River, a right-bank tributary of the Lujeuda., joining- the tatter fifteen. miles hctow (north of) ita connuence with the Luva.mbala. Our troops crossed the Lukuiezi during the night of the 27th, and, after fighting throughout ¡the 28th, drove the enemy, on January 29. down the Lujenda. Val!.ey to- wards Mtarika. —————<?—-————
I LOSS OF MAILS AT SEA.
I LOSS OF MAILS AT SEA. The ro.stmastcr-Gcncra! announces that lettfr inzils for Barl)ado, Trinidad. aEd Tobago, Grenada, St. Lucia St. Vincent, Antigua, Dominica., Montserrat, Ncvia. St. Kitt.s, BritMh, French Guiana, and Dl;tcll Guiana, Ciudad Bolvai, Venezuela Dutch I West Indies (Saba. Eustatius, and St Martin), and the Virgin Igiands nf t}jQ United States, containin:? corresooudellOO posted 1).tween January 12 and "18 md pared mails containing parcels for B-itMh and Dutch Guiana po.stcd between Janiiarv 7 and 16. and parccia for Grenada po-;t-ed ')3€- h11 D<'cfmber 19 and January 1G have,, been lost at sea as a result of enemy action
ENEMY AERODROME BOMBED.
ENEMY AERODROME BOMBED. AdmIraMy, Sunday. Nava! aircraft bombed the Varssenaere Aerodrome on the morning (\f Fcbruarv 2. A 6re was observed as the result of a direct hit. An enemy machine engaged on a photo- graphic recouaissance was attacked .nd de- stroyed by our patrol mnchinea. All our machines returned safely.
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I CANON KNOX LITTLE DEAD.- Canon Enox Little has died at the n?o of seventy-ciglit. He had been Canon of Wor- cester since 1881. He wa,a a well-known writer on theological subjects, and during the South African War he was acting chaplain to the Brigade of Guards, and was mentioned in dispatches receiving the Queen's Medal and clasps.
THEFT BY DESERTER.
THEFT BY DESERTER. At Middlesex Sessions en Saturday, aen- tcnoo of fifteen months was passed on Wm. Shepherd, twenty-eight, a. joiner, for stea,]- ing a diamond riug at a Crouch End &hop. Prisoner was said to be a deserter from the Front, and when arrested had a, silYer badge and the discharge papera of a man with a withered arm. Mr. Montagu Sharps said that prisoner was liable to be shot for deser- tion from the Seld.
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8u- Auckland Gcddca said that he cann..t Und adequate ba.i, for thf allegation of the tmpToper retention of young fit men in Government onices. Tho investiture of the Order of the British 'Empire at Buckingham Pa!acc oo. February 13 w;U be the nrst of a series, M<i 300 out of 2,000 recipients will then be deco. rated.